Slashdot: Stallman meets KDE team for tea (barf)

[Brett I. Holcomb]

GNU and RMS have done some great work giving us the tools that we can use 
for free.  However, I think he carries the desire to have GNU on everything 
made with their tools.  He wants to call Linux GNU/Linux - hey, LInus did 
the work and came up with it.  If GNU wants that they should have put it in 
the GNU license <G>.  

I feel this kind of nonsense - trying to change the name of Linux and other 
stuff after all this time - is a waste - it robs him of credibilty.



Shawn L Johnston wrote:

> 
> 
> Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
>> Yeah, and if MS uses free software they will want to call it GNU/MS <G>!
>> What a waste of time and effort.
>> 
> 
> That's where I think RMS. really loses opportunities. Every time I've
> read something he's written or a transcript of one of his speeches he
> goes into left field.
> 
> Its great that he's been able to spend a lot of time thinking out and
> putting together opinions on different things like what the meaning of
> Freedom is, and open source vs free software, but most people don't care
> about these types of fine distinctions.
> 
> 
> Shawn

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